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Theses/Dissertations from 2024 2024

Connecting Family Funds of Knowledge with Pre-kindergarten Curriculum: A Strengths-Based Approach, Molly Kathleen Hamel

Global Well-Posedness of Nonlocal Differential Equations Arising from Traffic Flow, Thomas Joseph Hamori

Maternal-Child Cortisol Attunement Differs in Preschoolers with Autism, Fragile X Syndrome, and Neurotypical Development, Rachel Hantman

Accelerating Numerical Modeling and Optimization of Structural Mechanical Systems, Fatemeh Hashemian

Representation Dimensions of Algebraic Tori and Symmetric Ranks of G-Lattices, Jason Bailey Heath

Ecoaldeas as a Critical Dystopic Landscape, Meagan Elizabeth Cobb Heath

Machines of Process: Energy Systems in Contemporary U.S. Poetry, Elizabeth Hedman

Securing Memorization in Piano Performance with Continuous Audiation, Jie He

Engaging With Culturally Relevant Curriculum Development Practice in First-Year Writing Courses Through a Community of Practice, Mitchell Dallas Herring

Electronic Structure Investigation of Photoswitch-Embedded Organic Frameworks and External Electric Field Effects on Carbon Dioxide, Austin Hill

The Study and Development of Autonomous Scarf Repair for Composite Structures: A Focus on Advanced Air Mobility Vehicles, Stephen Hilton

Investigating Arctic Ocean Freshwater Content and Circulation in a Changing Climate, Emma Louise Hoffman

Exploring Heat Variations in Columbia, South Carolina, Michael Graeme Hohlfeld

From Colonial Frontier to a Slave Society: "Second Slavery" and the Former Backcountry of South Carolina in the Early Republic, 1780-1833, Elisabeth Zoe Horecny

Characterizing Mechanical Behaviors of Railroad Ballast Based on Large-Scale Triaxial Tests, Shihao Huang

Reaction Toward Potential Resurgent Multiple Risks: Understanding Risk Information Seeking and Behavior in the Post-Pandemic Era, Shudan Huang

How Organizational Structure and Power Dynamics Impact Decision Making—An Empirical Investigation of General Manager Turnover in the National Basketball Association, Xiaoan Huang

The Effects of High Fat Diet on Lipid Deposition in Skeletal Muscle, Alexander Huss

Developing a Curriculum for an Online Group Piano in the Philippines: An Ideological, Historical, and Practical Approach, Lady Abigail Imperio

Nonverbal IQ Test Performance in Preschool-Age Children with Varying Language, Sandra Danelle Irvin

QR Code Restaurant Menus: Sequential (Qual-Quan) Mixed-Method Research: Examination of Contactless Technology Adoption and Acceptance in Hospitality Through Lenses of Service Paradigm on the ‘Touch-Tech’ Spectrum, Ali Iskender

Providing a Social Emotional Learning Opportunity to Virtual Students Struggling with Social Anxiety: Group Counseling as an Intervention, Josie Kate White Ivey

Machine Learning Approaches to the Exploration of Ammonia Synthesis Catalysts Utilizing Experimental Data, Rasika Jayarathna

Exploring the Impact of Teacher Curiosity on Job Satisfaction and Self-Efficacy: A Quantitative Study in Stem Education, Christopher Jeffcoat

Black MPH Internship Experiences in Racialized Organizations: Critical Counter-Narratives for a More Racially Just Public Health Workforce, Zach Jenkins

The Utility of Referrals from a State Early Intervention System to a Pediatric Genetics Clinic to Increase Access to Genetic Services, Mikayla Jennings

Scenic Design: Learning How to Think Outside the Black Box, Ashley Jensen

The Fifth Element in Three Dimensions: Boron Systematics Along and Across the Aleutian Volcanic Arc, Owen Jensen

Association Between Direct Access Laws and Physical Therapy Use and the Effect of Change in Physical Therapy Use On Subsequent Healthcare Spending, Utilization, and Opioid Use, Dakshu Jindal

Perspectives on Transition to Adult Healthcare for Adults with Williams Syndrome and Their Caregivers, Andrea Johnson

Beyond the Plastic Facade: Unveiling the Multifaceted Discourse and Impact of Barbie in Film, Sarah Johnson

Altered Sensory Processing and Pain in Youth with Sickle Cell Disease: Risk Factors and Moderators, Julia Johnston

Evaluation of Settlement in Poorly Graded Sand with Gravel Under Strain-Controlled Cyclic Triaxial and Dynamic Centrifuge Model Testing Conditions, Elise Jones

Associations Between the Use of SSRI Medication in Older Adults and Cognitive Decline and Impairment, Paige Jones

Topics in Beyond the Standard Model Physics, Sapan Karki

“Finally Somebody Wants to Hear Us”: Soviet Women and Political Violence in Svetlana Alexievich’s Narratives, Liubov Kartashova

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) and Risk of Fluctuated CD4/CD8 Ratio, Hepatitis C, and Oral Manifestations Among Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM): Mediation Role of Mental Health and Effect Measure Modification by HIV Status, Amandeep Kaur

Decisions, Decisions: DNA Damage Induced Modification of P53 and the Effect of Modifications on P53 Differential Binding to the DNA, Savannah Gabrielle Keating

Understanding the Role of Host Derived Interleukin 1 Alpha in Breast Cancer Progression, Manikanda Raja Keerthi Raja

Mild Hydrothermal Crystal Growth Strategies for Complex Inorganic Metal Fluorides, Navindra Keerthisinghe

Modulation of Neurodegenerative Disease Progression by Antioxidant Status, Elena Kelety

Factors Affecting the Transition from Pediatric to Adult Care Among Culturally Deaf Young Adults and Young Adults Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, Anna Strickland Kell

Examining Systems to Improve Third Grade Literacy: Focus on Schools with High Poverty Index, Brenda Kelley

Validating an Automated Rodent Ultrasonic Vocalization Data Collator, Devin Mark Kellis

Investigating the Effects of Calcitonin Gene Related Peptide on Heart Failure and the Gut Microbiome, Talia Charlotte Kepniss

Discovering Therapeutic Strategies in Colorectal Cancer via Synthetic Lethal Genetic Screens on Patient-Derived Organoid Models, Sana Khalili

Nonlinear Optical Studies of Complex Materials, Govinda Kharal

The Disruption of Kinship: Interracial Relationships, Displacement, and Marginalized Mixed-Race Families in Korean War Literature, Hyunwook Kim

Linking Ethical Leadership to Organizational Citizenship Behavior and Unethical Pro-organizational Behavior, Jinhee Kim

The Role of Spatial Attention in the Maintenance of Visual Working Memory: Modulatory Effect by Task-Relevance of Spatial Information and Evidence from Alpha Oscillations, Sori Kim

Design of An Artificial Transcription Factor for Inducing Potent Interferon-γ Signals, Ashley King

An Examination of Self-Identity in Relation to Smoking and Vaping in South Carolina, Jaron Hoani King

The Control and Operation of Optical Sensors for Environmental Monitoring with Microcontrollers as Data Acquisition and Processing Systems, Zechariah Kitzhaber

Bridging Disciplinary Boundaries: A Study on the Integration of Social Studies Within Elementary ELA Education, Jill Knight

Reading Ecogothic Memory in Contemporary Southern Swamp Novels, Megan Caroline Brockhard Knight

The Effects of Management’s ESG Disclosure Strategy and Voluntary Esg Assurance on Investment Judgments, Macy Knutson

Continuous Improvement of Schools: Providing Opportunities for 3rd Grade Growth Through PDSA Cycles in Professional Learning Communities, Jason Koepke

Echoes of Heritage: Documenting Contemporary Works from Singapore Featuring the Cello, Eunice Koh

Erodibility of Sand-Silt-Xanthan Gum Mixtures, Edwin Kotey

Unraveling the Structure and Star Formation History of Polar Ring Galaxies, Kyle Lackey

From North to South: North Carolina's Black Union Veterans in the South Carolina Lowcountry, Elizabeth L. Laney

Perspectives from Caregivers for Children with Retinoblastoma: Psychosocial Concerns and Genetic Counseling, Kayla Marie Lashinger

Harvesting Health: The Role of City Policy in Urban Agriculture and the Downstream Effects on Youth, Lesley Leake

Hyo-Shin Na's Chamber Works, 'From Korea to America- 120 Years and Beyond' and 'Song of the Fog': A Stylistic Analysis and Performance Guide, Jiyeon Lee

Examining the Effects of Physical Education Teacher Behaviors on Actual Motor Competence and the Associations Among Actual Motor Competence, Perceived Motor Competence, Enjoyment in Physical Education, and Physical Activity in Early Childhood, Unjong Lee

UAV-Based Tracking and Following of Railroad Lines, Keith Michael Lewandowski

Environmental Implication of Environmental Disclosure, Jie Lian

Molecular Rotors for Quantifying Kinetic Effects of Stabilizing Non-Covalent Interactions, Binzhou Lin

The Gendered Patterns of International Migration Systems: the Role of Need for Care, Chang-Yi Lin

The Effectiveness of Equivalence-Based Instruction on Time-Telling Skills in Children with Moderate Developmental Disabilities Including Autism Spectrum Disorder and Intellectual Disability, Rongzhi Li

State Estimation and Prediction Based on Simplified First Principle Model of Lithium-Ion Batteries in Lebesgue Sampling Framework, Enhui Liu

Tranisitioning from Film to Stage: Three Years of Growth and Reflections, Ruihan Liu

Multi-Scale Deep Representation Learning in Synthetic Biology, Xiaoyi Liu

Predictive Filtering-Based Image Inpainting, Xiaoguang Li

Modeling, Analysis, Approximation, and Application of Viscoelastic Structures and Anomalous Transport, Yiqun Li

Bayesian Nonparametric Models for Pooled Data, Yizeng Li

Teacher Perception of International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme Implementation, Lorene Michelle Lloyd-Peay

Sacred Symbols in a Secular World: Religious Imagery in the Works of Jack London and Sylvia Plath, Kathleen Elizabeth Long

Businesses or Beneficiaries: the Submerged Consequences of Workfare Policy Design, Morgan Alexander Lowder

Associations Between Neurological Correlates of Reading and Learning Disability Profiles Among Children, Jessica Luedke

Reimagining Utopia in Post-Utopian China: Chinese Science Fiction and the Reinvention of Cultural Tradition, Dan Luo

Enhanced Two-Phase Heat Spreading Enabled by Dropwise Condensation, Kai Luo

Inducing and Interpreting Physical Transformation in Electroacoustic Chamber Music via Experimental Applications of Modular Synthesizers, Joseph Samuel Lyons

British Fortification Strategy in the South Carolina Backcountry During the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution: Archaeological and Historical Perspectives on Infrastructure and Landscape, Charles Brian Mabelitini

Simulation Study on Count Data Based on Double Poisson Distribution, Chao Ma

Improving Drug Repurposing Success: Integrating Large Database Claims Analysis in Drug Discovery, Joseph Magagnoli

“That Desolate Section of Dixiecrats and Hookworms”: The Rise and Fall of the Cio in Sumter, South Carolina, 1927-1950, Stephen Malenowski

How Latinx Students Experience a High School English Class in a Monolingual School District, Elisa Malinovitz

Plankton Dynamics in a Temperate Estuary:Size Structure and Trophic Implications, Nayan Mallick

Action Research on Instructional Scaffolding in Information Literacy Instruction for Community College Students, Huyen Maluck

Thermal Management of Power Electronic Devices Using Single Crystal Aln Heat Spreaders, Md Abdullah-Al Mamun

In Search of Cognitive Justice: One District’S Approach to Implementing Culturally Responsive Practices, Anne Marie Mancini

Surface Acoustic Waves-Based Point-Of-Care Biosensor, Debdyuti Mandal

Intention or Perception? Signaling Theory in the Online World, Mohona Mandal

Preimplantation Genetic Testing for Sickle Cell Disease; Exploring the Effect Health Disparities Have on Parental Awareness and Interest, Justine Frances Manigault

Leaf Development in the Reproductive Phase of Arabidopsis: Investigating the Mechanics of Cauline Leaf Identity and Bract Suppression, Darren Paul Manuela

Rethinking Democratic Backsliding: Events, Regimes, and Instituitonal Structures, Kelsey Martin-Morales

Perception of Alzheimer’s Actionability Among End Users of Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Tests, Emily Mason

"Ain’t No Slump...I Just Ain’t Hittin’": Investigating Psychological Momentum and Loss Aversion in Major League Baseball, Josephine Matalone

Transcending the Family-Teacher Partnership: Utilizing Teaching Methods and Digital Platforms Proven Effective During the Pandemic, Amanda Katherine McClain